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Bottle gentian, Closed gentian, or Closed bottle gentian

Gentiana andrewsii

Photo by TiffanyCox
Published on Project Noah
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36.6491, -81.1858

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Description:

Single flower, I can not find anymore in the surrounding area. The stem along with the flower is about one foot high and the bloom is between 2 and 3 inches. There are five purple "petals" with faint stripes and yellow center. The are four pointy leafs surrounding the bloom.

Habitat:

woody area

Notes:

Very pretty.... I have looked and looked and can not spot anymore around

Species ID Suggestions

Bottle Gentian

gentiana andrewsii

Comments (2)

Very nice Tiffany. Can't wait to see what it is you found :)
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PublishedOctober 23, 2011

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